p.42 #1 · Canon video thread for hybrid shooters...
vbnut wrote:
So, I have 2 questions.
1. Is there any way I can tell whether the clips were captured at 239.8 or 119.9 fps?
2. How would I go about incorporating some portion of these clips at full speed (i.e. not slow motion) into a 29.97 fps movie in Davinci Resolve?
I do not use Davinci but in Premiere all I need to do is right click on my clip and click Media properties and I get the info for that clip. Yours should be easy to tell because 240 is only HD assuming you are doing the 120 in 4k. Here is what mine looks like.
As far as the speed, mine is called speed duration. I can either speed up or slow down the clip. I am sure someone with Davinci will chime in.
p.42 #2 · Canon video thread for hybrid shooters...
RobAmy wrote:
Here is one I just did. It goes through some of what I feel are essential and I also go through a few settings. this one is 35 minutes so you need a little time if you really want to watch it. Any questions feel free to ask. I used the R1 and the RF 15-35mm for the parts with me and the lens and the RF 100mm macro for just the screen shots. I made up my own thumb nail also per Rudy's suggestion .
Hi Rob,
I just finished rewatching the equipment part your video. Wow what a rig this is! And the great thing is that you've got the years of experience in wildlife photography and creative skills and vision to make this rig do great things. You really do things right, that's for sure.
1. The velcro support strap is a great idea.
2. Are you finding there's no need to share the lens such as with a hood or matte box?
3. I love the monitor shade.
4. May I suggest you use slightly bigger-bolder all white text on your thumbnail. The great thing about YouTube thumbnails is you can replace them as often as you like with affecting the video's metrics.
I'm sure that more than a few people will find this video very helpful over time.
p.42 #3 · Canon video thread for hybrid shooters...
Rudy Pohl wrote:
Hi Rob,
I just finished rewatching the equipment part your video. Wow what a rig this is! And the great thing is that you've got the years of experience in wildlife photography and creative skills and vision to make this rig do great things. You really do things right, that's for sure.
1. The velcro support strap is a great idea.
2. Are you finding there's no need to share the lens such as with a hood or matte box?
3. I love the monitor shade.
4. May I suggest you use slightly bigger-bolder all white text on your thumbnail. The great thing about YouTube thumbnails is you can replace them as often as you like with affecting the video's metrics.
I'm sure that more than a few people will find this video very helpful over time.
First off thanks for taking the time to watch it. I just changed the thumbnail. It is on you now if I go viral, .
Personally I have not found the hood or matte box needed so far. I think if I did more inside studio lighting then it could be useful. I usually do wildlife with the sun lower to my back or gray lighting and side lighting. I did do one into the sun which caused some flaring which I liked the look of. If using the VND the hood would be a pain, matte box would be better. Here is some examples of towards the sun, no hood just the VND.
I definitely recommend the monitor hood. Very light weight and very useful. I bet they would be useful on even the small LCD's.
again thanks for the feedback and support. This style of video is not easy and takes more time than one would think. I really need better lighting for this. I do struggle there. I am just using a lamp pointed into a small umbrella and my normal basement lighting. I need to make a YouTube studio, .
Hopefully some do find it helpful, that is what it is all about. I have always liked how people put the time in for reviews and showing off the gear. Why not pay that back a bit.
p.42 #4 · Canon video thread for hybrid shooters...
RobAmy wrote:
First off thanks for taking the time to watch it. I just changed the thumbnail. It is on you now if I go viral, .
Personally I have not found the hood or matte box needed so far. I think if I did more inside studio lighting then it could be useful. I usually do wildlife with the sun lower to my back or gray lighting and side lighting. I did do one into the sun which caused some flaring which I liked the look of. If using the VND the hood would be a pain, matte box would be better. Here is some examples of towards the sun, no hood just the VND.
I definitely recommend the monitor hood. Very light weight and very useful. I bet they would be useful on even the small LCD's.
again thanks for the feedback and support. This style of video is not easy and takes more time than one would think. I really need better lighting for this. I do struggle there. I am just using a lamp pointed into a small umbrella and my normal basement lighting. I need to make a YouTube studio, .
Hopefully some do find it helpful, that is what it is all about. I have always liked how people put the time in for reviews and showing off the gear. Why not pay that back a bit. ...Show more →
Hi Rob,
You're very welcome. I find your videos not only interesting and inspiring, but very helpful on a practical basis. Besides, we forum members need to support each other - I'm into building community.
Your new thumbnail is way better given what YouTube wants and rewards, and what helps people to better see your thumbnail image as it's presented in their YouTube feeds as they're viewing related content or simply scanning the list of thumbnail images. These big gaudy titles are ugly as sin and as a former professional graphic designer I didn't want to "wreck" my "beautiful" cover images for the longest time, but in the end I relented and did what was needed to get in the game.
Regarding the use of a lens hood or matte box: I'm asking you about it because I'm facing the same issue with my big 95MM Nisi VND with the little arm on it. There is no easy solution to shading the lens. Matte boxes are way too heavy for my RF200-800 which has an ultra-crappy jumpy zoom action, and there are no fabricated lens hoods that I could find anywhere. I found a 95mm screw-on metal lens hood that screws into my 95mm VND but it was really sticky and I was afraid I might ruin my filter so I sent it back and decided I will simply go without a hood or matte box. I like your footage of Kenzie where you shot into the sun, it looks pretty good to me.
On another note, although I'm having fun with learning how to process C-log3 this is definitely no walk in the park, and I've got 3 years experience working in Premiere Pro and almost 4 years in Davinci. Right now I'm trying to develop a consistent workflow that I can generally apply to all clips. It's coming along.
p.42 #5 · Canon video thread for hybrid shooters...
RobAmy wrote:
Here is one I just did. It goes through some of what I feel are essential and I also go through a few settings. this one is 35 minutes so you need a little time if you really want to watch it. Any questions feel free to ask. I used the R1 and the RF 15-35mm for the parts with me and the lens and the RF 100mm macro for just the screen shots. I made up my own thumb nail also per Rudy's suggestion .
Great info Rob!
Enjoyed seeing your set-up info.
Noticed you said your default is usually 60 fps.
Do you process on a 30 or a 60 fps timeline, and do you export your finished video as 30 or 60 fps video?
I'd be interested in your thoughts.
Dave
p.42 #6 · Canon video thread for hybrid shooters...
This Bald Eagle landed in a tree near me and started eating its fish. I took a few photos, and switched over to video. It must have dropped the last part of the fish, and it was looking kind of funny, in the video, like, where is my fish!! Then it turned around and I switched back to photos. Along the Mississippi River near Quincy, Feb 10, 2026. Canon R5 MKII RF 200-800 4K
p.42 #7 · Canon video thread for hybrid shooters...
dj63401 wrote:
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Great info Rob!
Enjoyed seeing your set-up info.
Noticed you said your default is usually 60 fps.
Do you process on a 30 or a 60 fps timeline, and do you export your finished video as 30 or 60 fps video?
I'd be interested in your thoughts.
Dave
Thanks Dave,
I usually always work on a 60fps timeline with wildlife. That way I can still slow it down. If at only 30 then slow to 50% then 15fps is all you have and you will see jerkiness. When in full frame slow and fast I can do 120 fps which still defaults to a 60fps timeline. If I use super 35 (crop mode) I can only get a max of 60fps. I have done a few family things at 30 and it looks great. I also always export in the timeline I film at.
p.42 #8 · Canon video thread for hybrid shooters...
RobAmy wrote:
I usually always work on a 60fps timeline with wildlife. That way I can still slow it down. If at only 30 then slow to 50% then 15fps is all you have and you will see jerkiness. When in full frame slow and fast I can do 120 fps which still defaults to a 60fps timeline. If I use super 35 (crop mode) I can only get a max of 60fps. I have done a few family things at 30 and it looks great. I also always export in the timeline I film at.
Hi Rob, I'm still a novice at shooting and processing video, so I'm not sure that I complete understand your explanation. I'm trying to learn, specifically for nature and wildlife, so, if you don't mind, could you clarify which parts of your explanation are talking about what you do in camera and which parts are talking about post-processing?
p.42 #9 · Canon video thread for hybrid shooters...
vbnut wrote:
Hi Rob, I'm still a novice at shooting and processing video, so I'm not sure that I complete understand your explanation. I'm trying to learn, specifically for nature and wildlife, so, if you don't mind, could you clarify which parts of your explanation are talking about what you do in camera and which parts are talking about post-processing?
Thanks.
Ha Ha I am a novice too. I will do my best. The in camera is fairly simple. You start off with what you want to shoot in HD, 4K, 7K etc. This will give you the options available for each in terms of the codec you choose. This is where you choose the FPS along with the codec. Examples of what is available on the C50 ( other camera will have slight variation but similar )
Raw: 12-bit Cinema RAW Light (7K60p). (If I choose this it tops out at 30fps)
XF-AVC (Intra/Long GOP): 10-bit 4:2:2 (up to DCI 4K 120p).
XF-AVC S (MP4): 4:2:2 10-bit / 4:2:0 8-bit.
XF-HEVC S (MP4/H.265): 4:2:2 10-bit / 4:2:0 10-bit.
Slow/Fast Motion: Up to 4K 120p and 2K 180p. (if I use Super35 mode I max out at 60 FPS)
The above is all done in camera.
For post processing that is when you talk timeline and speed duration ( called that in premiere pro ). Usually if you shoot say at 60fps in camera then the timeline will open the sequence in the same 60fps unless you change it. If I use Slow and Fast mode then the timeline will be at 60fps not 120fps like the clip. I will get into that later.
When talking about slowing the footage down when in 60fps or 30fps that is done in post. So when I said the 30fps will drop to 15fps and may see some jerkiness, that would be done in post.
Think of fps as words on a page, if you have lots of words then you have lots to edit with, the fewer the words the few the ability to edit. 120fps being the most words.
If you want the most fluid movement with wildlife use 60fps or 120fps. Start with that in camera first. Then processing you can put that 120fps in a 30fps or a 60fps timeline and have very smooth footage.
120 fps footage is best placed on a 60fps timeline for a blend of smooth motion and easy, high-quality 2x slow motion, or a 30fps timeline for ultra-slow 4x motion.
I tend to like the speed of the 60fps timeline when using 120fps, that is a personal choice. 30fps seems a little slow to me at times. Stay you want to capture hummingbird wings then 120fps on a 30fps timeline might be very nice for the intended purpose.
In post you can also slow down or speed up each clip per taste. So let's say you want to see your 120 clip in normal speed you can do that too. That is what is meant by Slow and Fast on the cinema cameras.
Canon's Cinema Slow & Fast (S&F) mode is one that allows for the creation of slow-motion or fast-motion video directly in-camera. It achieves this by shooting at a higher or lower frame rate than the final playback frame rate, and typically records the video at the final intended rate (e.g., shooting at 60 fps but playing back at 24 fps), eliminating the need for post-production speed adjustments.
p.42 #10 · Canon video thread for hybrid shooters...
Bald Eagles on the Ice, in the Mississippi River near Quincy, IL on Feb 10, 2026.
They find fish to eat or just rest between trips to more open water.
Canon R5 MKII RF200-800 4k
p.42 #12 · Canon video thread for hybrid shooters...
RobAmy wrote:
That lighting on the 2 at the end and the color of the ice is lovely. I wish I had more Eagle ops near by. Thanks for sharing
Thanks Rob.
Got some more the next day in similar light I have not worked on yet.
I do enjoy the eagles. We only have good quantities in the very coldest times of the winter when most water is frozen over.
Other times the resident eagles stay away from people for the most part.
Dave
p.42 #13 · Canon video thread for hybrid shooters...
dj63401 wrote:
Bald Eagles on the Ice, in the Mississippi River near Quincy, IL on Feb 10, 2026.
They find fish to eat or just rest between trips to more open water.
Canon R5 MKII RF200-800 4k
Hi Dave,
As Rob wrote, the colours of the ice are really nice and give you a sense of how cold it is. The Eagles look great. Also, it's nice to have the ambient sound even though there's not much to listen to.
p.42 #14 · Canon video thread for hybrid shooters...
Here's another C-log3 practice footage video shot with my Canon R5. I'm continuing to shoot sunsets and sunrises because they are such high dynamic range scenes and are quite challenging to do. When it comes to exposing these scenes it's hard to not underexpose them while also not blowing out the highlights. When it comes to grading I find it tough to get the colours looking natural, not crushing the blacks, and when lifting the shadows dealing with the inevitable noise that comes with these high dynamic range shots.
Any helpful tips and advice to help me improve are most welcome.
p.42 #15 · Canon video thread for hybrid shooters...
Rudy Pohl wrote:
Here's another C-log3 practice footage video shot with my Canon R5. I'm continuing to shoot sunsets and sunrises because they are such high dynamic range scenes and are quite challenging to do. When it comes to exposing these scenes it's hard to not underexpose them while also not blowing out the highlights. When it comes to grading I find it tough to get the colours looking natural, not crushing the blacks, and when lifting the shadows dealing with the inevitable noise that comes with these high dynamic range shots.
Any helpful tips and advice to help me improve are most welcome.
I like this one best out of the two you did so far. This one looks very pleasing. Well done. Are you applying a LUT first then tweaking? Or are you doing all corrections on your own?
p.42 #16 · Canon video thread for hybrid shooters...
Rudy Pohl wrote:
Here's another C-log3 practice footage video shot with my Canon R5. I'm continuing to shoot sunsets and sunrises because they are such high dynamic range scenes and are quite challenging to do. When it comes to exposing these scenes it's hard to not underexpose them while also not blowing out the highlights. When it comes to grading I find it tough to get the colours looking natural, not crushing the blacks, and when lifting the shadows dealing with the inevitable noise that comes with these high dynamic range shots.
Any helpful tips and advice to help me improve are most welcome.
p.42 #17 · Canon video thread for hybrid shooters...
RobAmy wrote:
I like this one best out of the two you did so far. This one looks very pleasing. Well done. Are you applying a LUT first then tweaking? Or are you doing all corrections on your own?
Thanks Rob, I agree, this one's better.
I've spent probably about a hundred hours or more in the last month experimenting with how to process (colour grade) C-log3 (10-bit 4:2:2) footage. During this time I've spent a fair bit of time trying out the Canon conversion LUTs from their website, plus the Davinci Project Level Colour Management, and the Davinci node level colour management using CSTs (input and output), CST stands for Colour Space Transform. I found that for me the Canon LUT and all the other LUTs did so many things that I didn't want or like that I preferred to make all the grading adjustments myself. The two CSTs contain all the colour management information and apply it automatically, so you're good to go.
I then set up a Node Tree which is like setting up a Layers sequence in Photoshop where each layer applies a certain part of the overall processing routine - the first is White Balance, then Exposure, then Contrast, the Colours, then Shadows and Highlights, then Sharpening, etc. The whole thing is called a Node Tree.
Your first node (layer) in your Node Tree is the Input CST (in this you tell Davinci that the footage is shot in Canon Cinema Gamut and C-Log3), and the last node is the output CST (you tell Davinci that you want to out put your footage as Rec 709, Gamma 2.4) the standard video format for computer monitors, tablets, TVs, smartphones. Then in between the first and last nodes you put all the other nodes, one each for White Balance, Exposure... like as listed above.
NOW HERE'S THE REALLY COOL PART:
With a single mouse click you can save this entire Node Tree, which includes the two CSTs, as one "Power Grade" and give it a name of your choice. Then with a single mouse click you can apply this entire ready-to-go Power Grade to one or all of your video clips and the entire Node Tree is applied to each clip. Easy peasy and really fast. It's in effect a grading template that can be applied to each clip with one click.
p.42 #18 · Canon video thread for hybrid shooters...
Rudy Pohl wrote:
Hi Dave,
As Rob wrote, the colours of the ice are really nice and give you a sense of how cold it is. The Eagles look great. Also, it's nice to have the ambient sound even though there's not much to listen to.
Cheers,
Rudy
Thank You Rudy.
I would always rather use Ambient sound, but it does not always work out.
Dave
p.42 #19 · Canon video thread for hybrid shooters...
Funny? That is what I think when seeing the Bald Eagles on the ice. A bunch of short clips of eagles slipping, squabbling, and landing like Cramer on Seinfeld. Squabbling in middle part of video. On and near the Mississippi River near Quincy, Il on Feb 11, 2026.
Canon R5 MKII RF 200-800 4k
p.42 #20 · Canon video thread for hybrid shooters...
dj63401 wrote:
Funny? That is what I think when seeing the Bald Eagles on the ice. A bunch of short clips of eagles slipping, squabbling, and landing like Cramer on Seinfeld. Squabbling in middle part of video. On and near the Mississippi River near Quincy, Il on Feb 11, 2026.
Canon RF MKII RF 200-800 4k
Hi Dave,
It's interesting and kind of humorous watching these huge birds of prey interact and goof around together.
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